So good, so fast and so good for you! Just make it and your mouth and stomach will thank you. Ingredients Method Slice the pork sausages into roughly 2cm long chunks. Heat the olive oil over a medium heat in a large oven proof fry- or saute- pan. Add the Continue Reading
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Fennel and Sardine Pasta
Another fantastic recipe sent to me by Karin that has become a staple weeknight meal. Tinned fish — it doesn’t get better! Ingredients Method Put a medium sized frypan on to a medium slow heat and brown the pine nuts. Shake regularly and DON’T WALK AWAY. When they smell good Continue Reading
Scribbly Cake
This is Marcella Hazan’s Sbricciolona—crumbly cake. It isn’t glamorous. It isn’t fancy. But damn it is delicious!
kt’s banana bread
Does anyone really want healthy banana bread? I do! If you don’t, just go right ahead and make Banana Chocolate Bread instead. I won’t mind. But for a banana bread that is just a little more like bread, and a lot less like cake (but still delicious) here we go…
(almost) the world’s easiest pasta dish
We all know the easiest pasta dish is just oil, garlic and chilli (hello aglio e olio). The next easiest dish is just to add some bacon to that. But sometimes you need something with just a little more… bangers.
sally’s salmon
First tried at dinner with the Valencic Websters, too good not to try again… and again…
bread to sink your teeth into
Jo has baked this bread for years, so it must be good…
kk’s zooshy baked beans
Not your average baked beans. But not much more trouble to prepare!
cheat’s chorizo risotto for ash
A(nother) recipe nicked from Hello Fresh for those nights when you just want to eat something fast, satisfying and posthaste.
easy (chicken) peasy soup
So easy, so spicy, so perfect for a cold weeknight…
sour chicken
This is an Oppen-Riley staple dinner — a one-dish wonder that also makes for a great topping for pasta should you actually have some left over.
edamame mama
Adapted from the wonderful Hetty McKinnon book Community. The original version is made with roast eggplant and is amazing, but my darlings won’t eat eggplant… This is so fast, so tasty and makes kick-ass leftovers for lunch. Make yourself some now!
Two out of three aint bad
This tastes fantastic, it covers most food groups in one dish, but it cannot be called quick to prepare. But it is definitely worth the finagling, if you like meatloaf, and who doesn’t secretly love meatloaf?
Not-quite-paella-with-artichokes
This is a Yottam Ottalenghi recipe. Straight up, barely tinkered with. But I am terrified it will disappear from the internet and it is really, really good. So I am preserving it here.
BBQ Chicken with a Portuguese accent
Eh, who needs authenticity, when faking it tastes this good? If the answer is ‘I do!’ the original recipe I nicked/improvised this from can be found here on the wonderful SBS recipe site. Be warned: they want you to marinate the chicken overnight. I just want you to marinate it for Continue Reading
Shakshouka our way
We live in Newtown. We have to eat shakshouka. But most of the time we eat it for dinner, not breakfast. We feel no shame.
paaaaarty mulled wine
I normally hold mulled wine in disdain, but I found I rather liked this version, especially when drunk (the wine not me) on the deck in front of a fire at the end of a very fine evening. I shouldn’t be such a snob…
Nonna Rae’s quick and tasty ravioli
Fast, delicious and covers all the necessary food groups. What more do you want? (Magnums…)
chocolate paaaaarty cake
This cake is delicious. It is easy to make. It keeps well, getting better and moister with time. It is also gluten and dairy free, which is why I made it the first time. It will not be why I make it again…
Jack Irish sirloin with a mustard and caper cream sauce
You don’t need to wait until you’ve had a disappointing day at the track, or indeed until someone has offered you Bollinger and oysters, to enjoy a Jack Irish steak.
Jack Irish ‘pie thing’
Also to be eaten while watching a Jack Irish dvd (or when you are questioning your life choices…)
Jack Irish risotto
To be eaten while watching ‘Bad Debts’…
Slow roast pork
From a recipe mum found — this pork tastes fantastic, is messy but easy to prepare and has never failed to please the masses.
Lovely Lentil Soup
So much more than the name suggests, this is my go-to soup, the soup that even makes the children happy.
Michelle Bridges’ World Best Muesli
Because I really need to get this scrap of paper off my kitchen notice-board. And it really is a very good light, fresh muesli…
Libyan Lamb – a variation
cos once you’re on a good thing… flog it
Gin and Tonic in a Bowl
Definitely not a kid-friendly jelly.
Basic Birthday Cake
A good basic cake you can build with, and on…
Green Cheese Soup
Yummy
Vicky’s Broccoli Pasta
Yummy
Mandarin Cake
The only way I like to eat mandarins… and I’m sure it counts as a fruit portion…
Rae’s Zingy Zucchinis
Mum made this at Bawley at Easter, and I think it’s delicious! Thanks for the recipe, mum.
The Kids’ Tomato Soup
It is simple, it is basic, and it is so much better than the tinned stuff…
Spanakopita for Allie
The spinach pie we ate to farewell Allie. We are missing you already, girl.
Wine Simmered Sausages with Lentils
Easy and yummy … what more can you want? But it does depend on getting the right sausages and the right lentils… good luck at Bawley!
Chicken Marengo
by Allie’s request, one of the first dishes I ever knew how to cook
Summer Tuna
Light, quick and yummy … and no actual cooking, so perfect for a hot, humid Sydney summer
Anzac Biscuits
Eli does love these.
Ratatouille Our Way
I think credit for this version goes to Jo, but I am writing it up… and of course you can still eat it while watching “Edge of Darkness” for a complete retro experience.
Not Quite Vichysoisse
A little early nineties in its colour combination, but don’t hold that against it
Lemon Tuna Parsley Pasta
We’ve all been cooking this for years, but it is still great!
Denva’s Almond Bean Salad
One of the best I’ve ever eaten, and always in demand at picnics
Emergency Chocolate Cake
Perfect for any emergency
Slightly Simpler Pie
This egg and bacon pie is simpler, but still yummy
Goddess Birthday Pie
Don’t think about your cholesterol levels, just eat it!
Chicken and Chickpea Soup
gosh, but that made me feel good inside
Pedant’s Ragu
The bolognese sauce that dares to speak its name
Simple Creamy Polenta
Basic, but Griffin liked it
Ossobuco alla Marcella
The ossobuco Kate cooks when the family comes to dinner.
Rusty Beef
A slow cooked dish for a cold day working from home.